Where does “piráîaûara” come from?

piráîaûara (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi pirá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira — fish.

piráîaûara (Old Tupi): dolphin

Definitions

  1. dolphin

Ancestry of “piráîaûara”, step by step

piráîaûara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi pirá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupipiráfish
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pirafish

via Old Tupi îaûára

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old TupiîaûáraAlternative spelling of îagûara
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira →Every word from Old Tupi pirá →